APSF Newsletter, October 2023
Recently at our institution, toward the end of a laparotomy, a puzzling event occurred. As a radiofrequency detection wand (Medtronic Situate™ Detection System X, New Haven, CT ) was waved over the abdomen…
APSF Newsletter, October 2023
Intraoperative equipment failures are increasingly rare events, but may cause serious harm based on an analysis of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Closed Claims database…
Articles Between Issues:August 18, 2023
A 2-year-old undergoing dental rehab was intubated orally with a Covidien (Mansfield, MA) Shiley Hi-Lo Oral Tracheal 4.0 cuffed ETT. After confirmation of ETT placement, we attempted to adjust the leak to 20 cmH20…
APSF Newsletter, June 2023
A 57-year-old male underwent a robotic assisted ventral hernia repair under general endotracheal anesthesia. This was the first case of the day and the Avance CS2 (GE Healthcare, Chicago, IL) machine passed the automated check…
APSF Newsletter, October 2022
Transporting patients is a high-risk process, accounting for up to 5% of pediatric anesthesia adverse events. Studies have identified respiratory and airway adverse events as some of the most common complications…
APSF Newsletter, February 2022
Convection warmers are a well-established therapeutic adjunct in the operating room, helping to maintain normothermia safely for millions of patients every year. These devices increase body temperature by transferring heat to the skin where it…
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